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I'm going to be at GenCon, but I'm not signed up for any specific ACG events--I instead plan to just drop in with generics whenever I can play for a bit. That worked fine last year. Is that something I'll be able to do again this year (assuming I don't come by when the ballroom is wholly overrun with the RPG players, like in the evening interactives)?

Yup, you absolutely can. There are even tickets available for the Cosmic Captive ACG event, so you should be able to hop into that as well.

Witch added to first post; Gobbos will come next week.

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Going forward, are there plans to make the add-in cards available in a more timely fashion from DriveThru Cards? I think having new cards up on DriveThru within a month or two after the last installment of the Adventure Card Guild Path is released seems reasonable (it'd be 8 months since the scenarios are released monthly and there are 6 Adventure Paths).

It's the goal.

The other piece of information that I would like to know it whether they are going to limit our number of feats. Characters that play through most of Season of the Righteous have more Skill feats (and more feats overall).

If your character is legal for ACGuild play at Tier 1-Tier 6, you can play it. The Base Set for this adventure is Runelords, so there will be no mythic paths. Just bring some characters and play one; I don't understand why knickers seem to be in a twist.

Ak basically wins by invoking pity, doesn't he?

Pity and the ability to be killed slightly slower than everyone else.

James: HA
James: [redacted] is an awesome name
James: And it would take gamers about 3.7 seconds to corrupt it into [filthier redacted], of course.
Tanis: Yeah, I already did that.

With upmost respect, I get that, but folks who deflect the situation and turn it around to make the problem about themselves or changing the subject are not helping the situation. Think of it from the reverse—if you were in a situation where you saw a large group of people hating on and tormenting someone who was diabetic, and someone else came along and said something to the effect of "It's tough for me too, because I have a different condition that makes life hard for me." Doesn't help the diabetic who's being attacked. When someone is being attacked, the right thing to do isn't to deflect things and seek pity or aid for yourself, but to step in and help the person being attacked, regardless of your own situation. Because doing so means that the person being attacked is supported, feels safe and welcome, and therefore is in a MUCH stronger position to come to the aid of someone else who's being attacked.

Just jumping in quickly to thank James for being an excellent human/lizard hybrid and colleague.

We say it like this.

I was about to post this. Well done.

Hi! The schedule in the sticky thread has been updated. We're going to release entire adventures at one go for the rest of the season, since the schedule has been so extremely delayed. I want to personally apologize for that, by the way. I'm doing my best to make sure it doesn't happen again.

UPDATE: Apparently due to construction, ACG is now in the vicinity of the Delaware room. I will ask the community team to update the blog.

Compton: Don't poop in my sub.

Tanis O'Connor wrote:

Inquisitor added.

Yay!

First question: Is a Potion of Wisdom supposed to be a Potion of Vision? (I'd be willing to believe I failed to notice a new card in my Inquisitor deck...)

Well, since I did this *at* PaizoCon, I'll take a single error. Yes, PoVision.

Inquisitor added.

Mwahahahaha!

So I feel the need to come here and observe that I was originally underwhelmed by CD Alahazra, but after playing her, I have realized that she is a BOSS. I've played her twice now, and she is right up there with S&S Alahazra in characters I enjoy playing.

Load her up with scouting boons and a Seer's Headdress, and she's scouting decks like a pro. Her last power helps her move around and scout more decks---as well as letting her move to a different location after closing one. I was hesitant about her "discard the top card of your deck" power, but I've realized it means I can freely explore after a hand wipe, because I have a combat option against anything that's not immune to fire or attack.

The only downside I find to playing her is the max 3 item slots. There are so many good item boons in the oracle class deck that it's really hard to pick just a few.

Very glad to hear it!

Does the Cosmic Captive PFSACG portion have a character Tier (or other) requirement?

It does not. My intention is to have available a high-tier option and a low-tier option, so 1-3 could play low and 4-6 could play high. Tier 6 is the hard cap, though.

I'll let Tonya give our decision on 8-00 play, but I wanted to agree with ryric that for anything but the Open and 8-00, you can probably walk up and play. We do take generic tickets.

I only really had one question about the Goblin table. If I am the only one at a location and roll a 4 "A random character at your location encounters the bane instead. That character does not roll on this table."

We played it as, "Well, there's no one else here so here I go!" and "Yay! A 4!".

Is this correct? (I hope it is, we won based on rolling a bunch of 4's on the scenario that we actually completed)

Yup.

That'd certainly be better than the current choices of either 8 or 11 PM on Thursday. :)

Added Question: Can you play 8-00 twice, once with an RPG character and once in the ACG?

(For those who don't play in the PFS RPG: you can normally only play a scenario for credit once.)

Good question! We'll discuss and get back to you.

Updates:

Tonya is attempting to work some magic with the event schedule. If she's successful, We Be Card Goblins will have its own tickets, and Open quarterfinals will be Thursday night/Friday morning, with semifinals Saturday afternoon and a Sunday 9 am final.

I can't un-see Pete Davidson, personally.

...darn it.

I see a lot of Eddie Redmayne in Varril, was that intentional? Love the idea, always fun seeing interesting class/deity combos like inquisitor of Shelyn.

Please to read caption. :)

Stickied and locked. :)

Tanis O'Connor wrote:

In the meantime, I present some get-psyched music.

Mike Doughty! So under appreciated! His post-Soul Coughing stuff, while different, should not be overlooked!

Agree completely, though I still love SC best. I was at a Flula Borg show last weekend and the house music was SC's El Oso album. I was the only one singing along.

Hey, look, a US iTunes link...

here's an iOS store link

here's an Android store link

Hold that thought.

Tanis, what is "use" in this context? He can discard the card for damage, sure, but he can't play the spell at all (even just to banish it and to roll 3d4 for his Combat check) due to his power.

It means I misunderstood your concerns. I'll modify the deck list.

ETA:
Lightning Touch->Cure
Paralyze->Stoneskin

Tanis O'Connor wrote:

Alchemist also added.

Yay!

Point of interest: Wouldn't it be better to give Tier 1 Damiel two Cures (since the deck includes two) and Brilliance since he can't play spells with the Attack trait? Lightning Touch is a dead card for him. (Similarly, Tier 5 Damiel can't use Paralyze [unless he's a Mindchemist], so he might be better off with a Cure or some other non-Attack spell as well.)

He can still use the spells. Not all choices are optimal.

I was playing the Tier 3 Amiri pregen a pickup Card Guild scenario at PAX East this weekend. I noticed a slightly odd thing about her deck in Tier 3: She has Magic Chainmail as one of her armors, but doesn't yet have Heavy Armor Proficiency. I was wondering if it would make sense to substitute that with one of the other armors in the deck.

Good eye! It shall be replaced anon.Magic Chain Mail has become Magic Padded Armor, for added comfort.

Alchemist also added.

This will be clarified in the upcoming upcoming version of the Guide to reflect what I said before.

Those responsible have been sackedtickled.

(Sorry about that.)

So awesome!

Keith Richmond wrote:

Sorry, my NDA limits me to one three letter answer this calendar year, and it's used up.

So then I assume Tanis has the same right to answer one question for this year.

So the question for Tanis is, how many more Pathfinder sleeves should i buy NOW for beyond MM products?

Yes.

I hear that after Puppy's Mask comes Curse of the Crimson Dot, where your team of kittens attempts to discover a way to capture the constantly escaping Crimson Dot (secretly under the control of Queen Ilemeowsa).

10/10, would play again.

Think about how bad the goblins have it; they keep exploding at the strangest moments.

Very excited about this one! My wife has pointed out, "You have been excited about all of them," but the design team has really been coming out with some fun and creative mechanics in recent sets.

Glad you like! We've been having fun doing the work, which generally means the design will end up fun.

Big booms are great! And I suppose that Damiel shines when using the second power. I think I just got thrown by "He can also throw alchemy bombs as kickers to his Ranged attacks," and was trying to find a way to make that true.

I probably had S&S Damiel in front of me while writing that, honestly, and missed it in revisions. Mea culpa.

Your blog posts are wonderful, I just need to remind myself that they aren't canonical rules.

Oh, good heavens, please do remind yourself of that early and often.

It seems odd to pair him in the preview with a card he cant really use all that well.

but . . . it's a cannon. It goes boom. yay, boom!

but the oracle class sheets have not been added to the Class deck download.

Also, Tier 5 Alahazra does not have her role card called out like the others.

Good catch; she's the Bride of the Sun. Character sheet creation is under the community team, and they are quite backlogged at present. They will get to it as soon as they can, I promise.

In the meantime, I present some get-psyched music.

Oracle added.

No, it's designed so you can strategize who gets the dragon, and plan turn order accordingly.

vi mummy's_mask.txt

:%s/Mummy/Puppy/g
:wq

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

This is an emacs shop, sir.M-x get-that-vi-garbage-outta-here

Season of the Shackles was Tanis's "set": adventurous, clever, mildly strange

This is the second-nicest thing Mike has ever said about me.

Dave Riley wrote:

Seeing the Oracle deck's Fortune Teller bumped up from an AP1 ally to an AP6 just about broke my heart! D:

That happened in the first class deck EVER! (Bard)

That ally was actually designed for the Bard deck, and the Wrath team used it again in Wrath 1. We have a lively debate about its merits. :)

So, now that the Oracle deck is out, I can't help but notice that Cogsnap has a clockwork butterfly on his shoulder. Awesome card!

Nice catch!

Indeed. I was trying to move the mountain, but unfortunately it'll be early next week for both 2A and the Adventure 1 bundle.

Now I've got 3 applications pending for over a week but I'll probably just end up finding someone with free kittens. The adoption method would save me money, but at this point it just isn't worth it. Have human beings been so cruel to cats that this is where we are as a society? It makes me sad to think so.

To become happy again I shall go play some pathfinder adventure card game.

It's a mix of geographic demographics and local demand that causes situations like this. Your area probably has several no-kill cat shelters, a low feral population, and mostly-empty animal control centers, too. In Seattle, you basically can't adopt a dog from the pound because demand for dogs is so high. So the rescues and no-kill shelters want to make sure they place cats with people who won't return them/abandon them/declaw them/put them on Craigslist.

<end cat-shelter-volunteer spiel> #themoreyouknow #spayandneuteryourpets

Anyway, I approve of your coping mechanism.

I cannot express how happy the design team is with Tup. There was a great deal of giggling.

Season of the Example is my one-stop shop for trolling you folks. Glad to see it's working. :)

Thank for all the responses

So to summarise, in OP you can play any character that has a Class Deck, such as:

Paladin, Monk or Druid.

You can not use a character, that does not have class deck (unless unlocked), such as:

Adowyn Hunter
Crowe Bloodrager

Thanks

Exactly right.

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I thought this was a particularly funny interaction that I don't think was intentional.

You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack; it is a ranged weapon when thrown. You add your Strength modifier to damage as you would for a melee weapon. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment. Ranged weapons with this trait use the range increment in the weapon’s Range entry.

Emphasis mine.

Any ranged weapon with the analog or tech trait.

Agile, analog, deadly d6, finesse, thrown 20 ft., versatile S

My operative player and I agreed that while a shooting starknife, when thrown, is a ranged weapon with the analog trait, it probably shouldn't count as a gun for operative proficiency... But we did get a laugh out of it, and I figured this would be a good place to point it out.

I'm so proud of myself for having brought the xenolash issues to Thurston's attention by repeatedly playing xenolash-wielders at his tables.

That's a good thing, right?

Either way, excited to see new errata.

Beautiful and poetic perspective, Mike. I'm so glad you're at the helm.

As I am a person with chronic pain who walks with a cane in my mid-20s, a person who knows the experience of having to plan my every day... and of knowing that those plans don't always turn out as expected... I love Ciravel.

I've loved a lot of iconics for Starfinder. This is the first to bring tears to my eyes.

Thank you.

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Thanks.

Can you please cancel all of my subscriptions?

P.s. Y'all are doing an amazing job under conditions that are far less than ideal. Please stay safe.

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"Ah dang, that prick again. He can taste my chain, for all I care! I don't want my fellow agents and their lodge to get stomped on."

The gnome goes back to heaping soup into a bowl after responding to the notification of a new mission. "I wonder what'll happen this year..."

Ooh...

*chanting* siege castles siege castles siege castles

My archetype in action!! I love!

This is so good. Absolutely superb.

Wooooah... The machine planet and xenowardens? I guess I gotta get off my rear and get over there, y'aaaall.

Chills. Goosebumps. Aaaa

So, I've found a discrepancy in the Guide to Organized Play.

Purchasing Guidelines

You can always purchase the following items so long as you’re in a settlement of at least 5,000 residents (and scenarios may sometimes provide additional allowances or limitations):

Any common equipment in sanctioned Pathfinder content with an item level equal to or less than your character’s level (minimum 2).
Any uncommon equipment in sanctioned Pathfinder content with an item level equal to or less than your character’s level (minimum 2); your character must have access to this uncommon equipment such as through meeting its Access condition.
Any equipment listed on your character’s Chronicle sheets with an item level equal to or less than your character’s level + 2. Some items found on Chronicle sheets are available for purchase only a limited number of times.
Any items and services purchased with Fame.

But...

As you complete adventures, you will gain more wealth that can be used to buy any common item that is no more than 2 levels higher than your current level. Uncommon items may be granted by Chronicle sheets or through other special boons. Characters with the appropriate crafting feats may also be able to obtain formulas for equipment that they can create during Downtime.

Emphasis mine in both areas.

Which is correct? We can purchase common equipment with an item level equal to character level or less (minimum 2), or we can purchase common equipment with an item level equal to character level +2 or less?

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Heck yes, Amiri greatness!

Hi all! I'm organizing the OPF events for Gaming Hoopla (link to their site), a really great charity con at the Hilton DoubleTree in Mundelein, IL, which supports Aurora Cancer Care. I'm looking for players and GMs both! Anyone interested in GMing should email me at condochimp@gmail.com and we can work out a schedule.

One note is that because of convention policies and in the interest of supporting the charity, we will not be able to provide free badges.

Thanks so much, everyone!

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So, I was looking through the Armory, and saw the graviton pistol. It seemed interesting, especially for the melee operative I'm building to use as a back-up when she can't get close enough. However, I checked the operative, and trick attack has the following wording (emphasis mine):

You can trick or startle a foe and then attack when she drops her guard. As a full action, you can move up to your speed. Whether or not you moved, you can then make an attack with a melee weapon with the operative special property or with any small arm. Just before making your attack, attempt a Bluff, Intimidate, or Stealth check (or a check associated with your specialization; see page 94) with a DC equal to 20 + your target’s CR. If you succeed at the check, you deal 1d4 additional damage and the target is flat-footed. This damage increases to 1d8 at 3rd level, to 3d8 at 5th level, and by an additional 1d8 every 2 levels thereafter. You can’t use this ability with a weapon that has the unwieldy special property or that requires a full action to make a single attack.

This seems to imply that if your attack doesn't innately do damage, that the trick attack won't do additional damage, but I can't find anything saying whether or not that's accurate. Given that the graviton pistol has a damage entry of "—", I'd like to know if it's possible to trick attack with it an do the extra damage.

Thanks!

So, sorcerers are stated to be trained in a number of skills equal to 5 + INT mod. However, there's a matter I'm unsure of how to handle, and it's in the section on how to read a bloodline entry.

Reading a Bloodline Entry

A bloodline entry contains the following information.
Spell List: You use this magical tradition and spell list.
Bloodline Signature Skills: You are trained in the listed skills and add them to your signature skills.

Emphasis mine. So, am I trained in 5 + INT mod skills, AND the bloodline signature skills? Or do I just get 5 + INT mod skills, and the bloodline signature skills are among those options? What is effectively 9 + INT mod trained skills is a lot for a sorcerer...

Hi all, I was looking over the sanctioning document and updated chronicle sheets for Dead Suns, and had a realization. I've been GMing Dead Suns in campaign mode, and applying the chronicle sheets to 1st level characters with reduced credits.

Given that you must normally wait until the character is within the level range for the chronicle sheet to benefit from any of those boons, how does the Legacy of Vanished Ages boon from the chronicle sheet from book 6 work with that? It requires you to have completed all six books and is applied to a new character, but doesn't say that the books' chronicles have to be applied to the same character or anything like that.

So would I have to get the character I apply my book 6 chronicle to up to 11th level before I can use the Legacy of Vanished Ages boon? I would hope not, but I'm honestly not sure.

Thanks all!

Hi, I'm gming this tomorrow and hadba question about a boon.

Hi all, I just got this scenario (I'm GMing it this Saturday) and noticed something odd about the chronicle sheet.

So, is that element of the chronicle correct? Or should there be an adjustment to how much is earned?

So, I've been conceptualizing a paladin of the oath of charity, and with Merchant's Manifest out, there is now the Knight of Coins. RAW the archetypes stack, but I'm trying to figue out how Charitable Mercy from the oath of charity interacts with Blessing of Prosperity from knight of coins.

A paladin can't normally change their known mercies. A knight of coins can't normally change their known blessings. Blessings of Prosperity can be gained with Extra Mercy.

Oath of Charity lets you, at 5th, change your mercies each day, unlike a normal paladin. If I have both archetypes, can I exchange blessings?

Relatedly, do blessomgs of prosperity count as having a mercy for prerequisites? Because RAW, a knight of coins has to wait to get their first normal mercy at 6th to take extra mercy.

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So, I've been meaning to build an armor storm soldier for a little while, and found myself confused by the wording of enhanced tank. It gives one more upgrade than normal beyond its normal maximum number of upgrade slots. I'm confused because I see two clearly obvious interpretations.

1: You can have one more upgrade than normal, no matter the number of slots it occupies.
2: You have one more upgrade slot than normal.

The armor storm FAQ heavily implies the latter, but I'm not certain... Especially because said FAQ's ruling also implies that if it IS one slot, I'm not allowed to have a 2-slot upgrade occupy my bonus slot and one normal slot, which seems like a serious but potentially necessary limitation, depending on how powerful it was intended to be.

Anyone know which one it would ve?

So I'm reading this scenario, as I'm scheduled to GM it in the next couple weeks, and noticed something odd. Page 22 mentions a "Seasoned Explorer" boon that I otherwise can't find any mention of and which isn't on the chronicle.

So, I'm looking this scenario over so I can prep it later, and noticed something on the chronicle sheet.

So, is there a way someone could clarify that boon?

I reported a Starfinder Society game of the aforementioned AP volume, but my number of Starfinder Tables GM'd did not change. What can be done so I get closer to my first nova and receive credit?

As the thread title. Thank you~

I'm getting one for GMing at GenCon, which I realized after adding it to my sidecart and subscribing to the Starfinder RPG Subscription. If it could be removed that would be exceptionally helpful!

So, I was looking into the Ranged Tactics Toolbox, trying to find anything I missed in my first few perusals. Found the ring of far strike, found here.

My question is, can a magus with one of these rings use spellstrike in conjunction with it, making the melee weapon attack required to use spellstrike at the 30-foot range afforded by the ring?

My inclination is that the answer could be:
-yes because it's a melee weapon attack
-no because it's a standard to use spellstrike and a separate standard to use the ring
-or even no because they're separate specific types of standard actions

And then, if it's the second one, they're separate standards, what about holding the charge? Can I move, cast shocking grasp, choose to hold the charge (purposefully not swinging), then use my next turn to use far strike with my spellstrike?

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So, from what I understand, summoning a celestial creature with summon monster gives the spell the good descriptor, and summoning a fiendish creature gives the spell the evil descriptor.

If I use the Versatile Summon Monster (Monster Summoner's Handbook, page 18) to summon a chthonic creature, will the spell itself have the earth descriptor? If I use it to summon a dark creature will the spell have the darkness descriptor?

Thanks for any help that can be provided.

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